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A 33-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash early Saturday morning near downtown San Antonio, and authorities discovered his body more than nine hours later and 1,000 feet from the scene, the San Antonio Express-News reports.

Richard Gutierrez was pronounced dead at 9:56 a.m. Saturday after being found in a parking lot south of Guadalupe Street beneath Interstate 35.

The intersection of Guadalupe Street and Interstate 35, where police found a dead motorcyclist in a nearby parking lot. (Google Maps)

After investigating, authorities determined that Gutierrez had been the motorcyclist involved in an earlier crash on Interstate 35. Firefighters were called to the scene around 12:30 a.m. to put out a motorcycle on fire, but no one was found near the motorcycle.

Gutierrez was wearing a helmet, police said. He may have been speeding on the upper level of Interstate 35 when he crashed into a wall, witnesses told police.